1/1, April 1904-May 1907.

96 pp., 12 francs (15 in Postal Union) a year.

Notable especially for its emphasis on the occultism of the Far East (the title of the journal is a translation of "Tao") and in Islam. The advertisement for the journal in L'Au-Dela, January 1905, says that journal dealt with "d'Esoterisme symbolique, d'Alchimie, d'Astrologie, du Bouddhisme, du Brahmanisme, du Confucianisme, d'Egyptologie, du Gnosticisme, de Kabbale, de Mystique Rosicrucienne, d'Ontologie, de Psychisme, de la Science des Nombres, des Societes, de Sociologie synthetique, du Taoisme, du Tarot et Arts divinatoires, de Theosophie, des Traditions orientale et occidentale, etc." Notably missing from the list is spiritualism. Contributions by Fabre des Essarts, Joanny Bricaud, "Alta" (Abbe Melinge), "F.-Ch. Barlet" (A. Faucheux), V.-E. Michelet," J. Giraud (regular articles on hashish), Leon Combes, Albert Jounet, Leon Champrenaud, and "Matgioi" (Albert Puyou, Comte de Pourvourville), the last two of whom were very influential in the development of Rene Guenon. Several of Matgioi's articles from this journal were published in turn in Maria de Naglowska's La Fleche, and Magioi's work also appeared in Guenon's La Gnose and in Bailly's La Haute Science. On Matgioi, see Joscelyn Godwin, "Matgioi — Warrior Metaphysician," New Dawn, November-December 2024). Dorbon 6695; BM Lyon.